Another man’s faith? The image of Judaism in the BBC television series Men Seeking God

Jordan, James (2012) Another man’s faith? The image of Judaism in the BBC television series Men Seeking God.Jewish Culture and History, 12, (3), 463-476. (doi:10.1080/1462169X.2012.721493).

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The 1954 BBC television series Men Seeking God saw Labour MP Christopher Mayhew interview devout believers of the world’s great living religions. The present article uses press coverage, Mayhew’s and the BBC’s archives, and the surviving 15 minutes of footage to reconstruct and discuss episode three on Judaism, arguing that it conflates Judaism, Jewishness, Anglo-Jewish and Israeli identity